Frequency : 12 issues per year
Subject : Computer Applications and Technology
ISSN : 2319–8656 (Online)
IJCATR Volume 5 Issue 5
Cryptographic Hash Function using Cellular Automata
Mohamed Mahmoud ElRakaiby
10.7753/IJCATR0505.1001
keywords : file digest; hash; one way function; cellular automata
In this paper we make use of statistical properties of applying elementary cellular automata on a block of bits to generate a fixed size digest of that block to use it as hash function which can be use in different cryptographic applications.
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Title = "Cryptographic Hash Function using Cellular Automata",
Journal ="International Journal of Computer Applications Technology and Research(IJCATR)",
Volume = "5",
Issue ="5",
Pages ="238 - 240",
Year = "2016",
Authors ="Mohamed Mahmoud ElRakaiby"}
Paper discuss basic functionality of a hash function
Paper describes breifly cellular automata basics
It uses cellular automata to produce a simple hash function
It divided the process into building blocks and described each one